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One Man Has Been Traveling The Country Videotaping Women Naked In Their Hotel Rooms

by Gary Leff on July 21, 2020

Jul 21 2020

After getting discovered the man stayed in his room. The women called police, who then knocked on his door. He denied having anything to do with a camera but the officer said ‘he could get a warrant’ and the perpetrator cracked.

Robert Mann Privette from South Carolina was arrested for “video voyeurism” and burglary. He admitted to using this camera technique on business trips he had taken across the country – he couldn’t even say how many times though copped to “ten-plus times over the past year.”

The J.W. Marriott Phuket Wants Out Of Bonvoy, And They’re Suing

by Gary Leff on July 21, 2020

Jul 21 2020

The J.W. Marriott Phuket, whose ownership group also has the St. Regis Bangkok, believes that Marriott is mismanaging their resort property. The hotel failed to reach budgeted goals between 2013 and 2018 and there hasn’t been a budget agreed to since. Even before the pandemic they were doing less revenue today than they were in 2013.

They want out of the Bonvoy program, and Marriott won’t let them leave.

Marriott Will Require Guests To Wear Masks Indoors Starting July 27

by Gary Leff on July 20, 2020

Jul 20 2020

Masks seem to have some effect limiting the spread of Covid-19. Even if their efficacy is overblown that shouldn’t be a reason not to use them. They’re something easy and low cost we can do, and they’re one of the few things within our own control besides staying completely isolated.

U.S. airlines now require masks. And Marriott has become the first to announce a mask requirement for all guests in on-property indoor spaces and not just for employees. This requirement goes into effect July 27. I expect the other major chains will follow.

Hotels In The U.S. Are Struggling – Almost Everywhere Else In The World Is Doing Worse

by Gary Leff on July 20, 2020

Jul 20 2020

Data shows clearly that the U.S. hotel market, as tough as it is right now, is among the best in the world. And if you want to understand why some countries are opening up to U.S. tourists despite the problems we have here at home, their hotel occupancy numbers may provide a clue.

Marriott Hotels In India Pivoting Away From Guest Rooms, Focus On Food Delivery Business

by Gary Leff on July 19, 2020

Jul 19 2020

In India hotels have pivoted to deliver meals and are making commitments about the quality and lavishness of what you’ll receive. India has one of the world’s worst Covid-19 outbreaks. In the U.S. we do food delivery and contactless pickup from great restaurants. In India the great restaurants are actually in hotels.

Holiday Inn Cuts Down On Pillows, They Say To Protect You From Coronavirus (It Isn’t Really)

by Gary Leff on July 15, 2020

Jul 15 2020

Just as airlines cut amenities to reduce cost and blamed coronavirus hotels are, of course, doing that too.

Hilton Will Count Every Elite Night This Year Towards Qualifying For Status In 2021

by Gary Leff on July 14, 2020

Jul 14 2020

Hilton has now updated their rollover nights program, all nights earned in 2020 will count towards earning elite status in 2021 for your 2022 elite level.

If you already stayed 10 nights in January and February, 2020 those nights will start off yuor elite earning next year. If you stay 5 more nights this year you’ll begin 2021 with 15 elite nights.

One Hotel Will Charge You $10,000 If You Get Fed Up With The Service And Leave

by Gary Leff on July 12, 2020

Jul 12 2020

The 70,000 point per night Kimpton Seafire Resort on Grand Cayman offers pretty good award availability, but you’d better not have an emergency while you’re there and have to leave early – or get fed up with service failures either and decide to leave – because the hotel’s rules say they impose a $10,000 early departure fee.

I Earned 55 Marriott Elite Nights Without A Single Stay This Year

by Gary Leff on July 11, 2020

Jul 11 2020

I haven’t spent a single night with Marriott so far this year, but I now have 55 elite nights in my account. Others have even more elite nights than I do without staying once. What a strange year this is (and this is perhaps the least of the reasons why).

These bonus elite nights count towards lifetime status. And by earning over 50 nights I should receive a Choice benefit that would even give me 5 more free elite nights too.

Metropark Hotel Has Been Converted to China’s State Security Headquarters In Hong Kong

by Gary Leff on July 9, 2020

Jul 09 2020

The Metropark Causeway Bay hotel, with its rooftop pool overlooking Victoria Harbor, has been one of Booking.com’s “top picks in Hong Kong.” Now in the words of one pro-democratic member of Hong Kong’s legislature, it’s “a visual and physical reminder that big brother is watching.”

Not since the conversion of the Ritz-Carlton Riyadh into a Saudi torture site has a hotel’s transformation from home away from home to instrument of the state so quickly. The Causeway Bay Metropark is now the Office for Safeguarding National Security – transformed in a day.